Master Handbook of Video Production

Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1: Production Facility Design

Chapter 2: The Physical Nature of Sound

Chapter 3: Criteria for Acceptability of Acoustical Performance

Chapter 4: Sound Isolation

Chapter 5: Production Standards for High-Definition Video

Chapter 6: DTV-Related Raster-Scanning Standards

Chapter 7: Production Format Considerations

Chapter 8: Fiber Optic Devices and Systems

Chapter 9: Sync Generation and Distribution

Chapter 10: Video Signal Distribution

Chapter 11: Video Signal Processing

Chapter 12: Switching Systems for Signal Routing and Distribution

Chapter 13: Video Production Switching

Chapter 14: Studio Communications

Chapter 15: Staging and Lighting

Chapter 16: Video Tape Recording

Chapter 17: Magnetic Tape

Chapter 18: Motion Picture Film

Chapter 19: Film/Video Equipment

Chapter 20: Facility Infrastructure Issues

Chapter 21: Equipment Rack Enclosures and Devices

Chapter 22: Wiring Practices

Subject Index

About the Editor

Jerry C. Whitaker is Technical Director of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, DC. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose (CA) area. Mr. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 25 years, with specialization in communications.

Current book titles include the following:

Editor-in-Chief, Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering, Third Edition (2000)

Editor-in-Chief, Standard Handbook of Audio and Radio Engineering, Second Edition (2001)

DTV Handbook, Third Edition (2001)

Video Displays (2000)

Editor, Interactive Television Demystified (2001)

Editor, Audio and Video Professional's Field Manual (2001)

Editor, Video and Television Engineers' Field Manual (2000)

Mr. Whitaker has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer.

Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

He has twice received a Jesse H. Neal Award Certificate of Merit from the Association of Business Publishers for editorial excellence. He has also been recognized as Educator of the Year by the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

Mr. Whitaker resides in Morgan Hill, California.